Beautiful Bluebirds Bathing!

The Eastern Bluebirds continue to delight us everyday! It has been months since I fell in love with these beautiful birds and have been so fortunate to have them use the nestbox this year and also the bird bath. They are also coming daily and feasting on the fruit and nuts we have provided for them. Next week I will be receiving 10,000 mealworms and I hope to surprise them with their very own Happy Meal!!

The Bluebirds are clean little birds and we usually see them morning and evening taking baths. I hope you enjoy these pics that I took last evening of two of them.

The first is a male who was having a grand ole time splishing and splashing!

ain't he purdy? !!

A little female decided to join him!

I got the feeling he wasn't too thrilled!

But she was having a great time...although her face didn't know it!! LOL!

I love the look on his face too!

Here she is close up.

Here he is.

Both clean and beautiful!

The End...Thanks for looking!!

Beautiful pics Rose! They are such cuties!

Wow, great pictures. Love the bluebirds.

Pic number 2 is the prize winner!!! GM

Rose, thanks for sharing those gorgeous little birds with us. I can understand why you love them so much.

Those are great pics. You should enter them in the calender contest.

Beautiful, dellrose. I love that last one. I like seeing the wing action

They are such sweet birds, wish I had some around me!

Thanks for looking everyone and for your positive comments! These little birds are such a joy to see and hear and I hope they plan on staying the winter with us.

Here is one of the bathing beauties shortly after drying and preening!

Very nice series Rose.

Dave

Thanks Dave...so nice to see you! I miss seeing your Blues!

Thanks Rose. I am seeing lots of my birds bathing too. I won't hog your thread but here is one from a few minutes ago, getting a drink.

But then, he did take a bath.

Those are great shots Dave and I would love to see the rest of them...I know you have more, don't make me beg! LOL!

haha. DUNK That head, Mr. Bluebird!

I saw all these BBs at Mom's property on Saturday. I was assuming they bath and drink at the creek. I sure wish I could catch a bird doing that there. She doesn't have a bird bath for them at the house, which is probably wise since she has outdoor cats.

Really enjoyed your picks of the blue birds rose. I live in southern Ontario, and have never had the pleasure of seeing anyof these little beauties. Do you or anyone else know if they spend their summers up this way too?

Hi grd, Here's a range map for the Eastern Bluebird.
http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/sial_sial_AllAm_map.gif

And here's the range map for the Mountain Bluebird.
http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/sial_curr_AllAm_map.gif

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OK Rose, we won't ask you to beg...

Here's a few from this morning.

This is a juvenile, drying its feathers after a bath.

Another female. I think it's Mama, but can't be sure.

This one, I'm pretty sure, is the juvenile.

The two adults.

A closer crop of Mama.

This is the third fledge. He's 91 days old today and still has a few baby feathers on the back of his neck.

Here he is with his sister, who finished her moult at least 3 weeks ago.

And with this one of them together in the water, I return your thread to you.

Well, I should show them bathing...

Wonderful shots as always Dave...thanks so much for the 2nd Cousin Dave BB fix! It is hard to choose a favorite...they all make me smile big time. Thanks so much for posting them! When I grow up I want to be you!

Marna...so glad you got to see some country BB's!

Thanks for your comment grdnkupkake and Pelle thanks for posting the links. Grdnkupkake...it looks like they may breed in your area!

Here is Mama today...she could win a beauty contest!

And here is Papa checking the nestbox...as usual!

and here is Mama..making sure he is doing it right! LOL!

It looks like they are close to my area also, but I've never seen one.